Where do young men want to access STI screening? A stratified random probability sample survey of young men in Great Britain

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 427-432

  Saunders, John M ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^b   Sutcliffe, Lorna J ^a   Hart, Graham J ^b   Cassell, Jackie ^c   Estcourt, Claudia S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPORT; SPORTING EVENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869202202     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050406     Document Type: Article

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